Apparatus for use in connection with applying paint



APPLICATION FILED AUG-6,1919.

Patented June 28, 1921.

ATTORNEY PATENT OFFlQE.

CHARLES S. ASH, OF HAGEBSTOWN, MARYLAND.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH APPLYING PAINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1921.

Application filed August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,592.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. Asia a citizen of the United States, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Connection with Applying Paint, of which the following is a full clear, and exact; description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in the application of paint or the like to articles of manufacture. The apparatus herein described is designed particularly for use in COI'lllQOt-lOIlEWltll spraying paint on wire spoked vehicle wheels.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide an improved construction and assembly of parts whereby the thoroughand rapid painting of such wheels may be efficiently and economically carried on.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a referred embodiment of the invention, an in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a partial end view thereof, showing a wheel mounted in the painting chamber; and

Fig. 3 is a partial top view of the painting chamber.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a horizontally disposed tubular member 1 supported on upright pedestals 2 and having opposite open ends through which a wire spokedvehicle wheel 3 or other article to be treated may be fitted on or removed from. a supporting stand l therein. The member 1 is of alongitudinal dimension such that it may be divided centrally by a wall, shown in dotted lines at 5 in Fig. 1 and extending from the bottom of the member to a distance within a vertical flue 6 connecting the painting chambers with a fine 7 leading to an air exhauster 8. The division wall 5 separates the member 1 into two end painting chambers, in either of which the painting operation can be carried on separately, or in both of which separate operations can be carried on simultaneously.

The air exhauster 8, such as an exhaust fan, is provided to create by suction a strong current of air entering the open ends of the painting chambers and transmitted through the fiues 6 and 7 to the exit 9. In order to control the degree of suction and to render the painting chambers at the opposite ends of the member 1 independent, sliding dampers 10 and 11 are mounted at the upper interior of the member 1 and operable to open or close communication between the same and the this 6.

In use, a wheel 3 may be mounted in either of the painting chambers and its corresponding damper opened, whereupon, by a spraying device, paint may be thoroughly and rapidly applied to the wheel. This application is facilitated in the present instance by making the supporting standard 4 rotatable, so that the wheel thereon is capable of bodily movement about a vertical axis, as well as spinning about the horizontal axis of its hub. The air current drawn by the exhauster 8 carries away from the operator all the surplus paint spray and fumes. Moreover, on account of the division wall 5, it will be seen that two wheels may be simultaneously painted in the opposite ends of the chamber 1 with paint of different colors without liability of objectionable intermixture of the colors, before the waste surplus has been drawn above the end of the wall 5 which projects into the flue 6, beyond whichpoint their continued separation and recovery is unnecessary. A considerable quantity, however, of the surplus sprayed paint will impings on the walls of the respectivechambers, and for the recovery thereof these chambers are provided with drains 12 and 13 with which pails may be associated to collect the surplusage of unmixed color.

The fine 7 is provided with a sliding door 14, adording access to the interior of flue 7, whereby the latter may be cleaned at intervals, as necessary. A similar door 15 is preferably arranged at the top of fine 6. By arranging the exhausterB at a considerable distance from the painting chambers, as described, it is subjected to a minimum collection thereon of the paint spray, since by tar the major portion thereof drops from suspension in the air during its travel through the horizontal flue 7 and prior to reaching the exhauster.

In practice, the flue 7 is preferably extended and a plurality of the chambers 1 connected therewith at intervals along its length, so that the single exhauster 8 and single line 7 serve, in common, as many of construction also permits a maximum utili zation of the available space.

As shown in Fig. 3, corresponding corners 16 of the painting chamber may be cut obliquely so that the chamber may be mounted parallel to a factory wall or to the lighting source, whereby direct light may conveniently reach the two end painting chambers equally. This construction, as will be understood, alsopermits the member 1 to be conveniently installed in a corner with the light reaching the same through the two corner walls.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is lar member having opposite open ends, an

interior wall dividing said member into separate pamting chambers, an exhauster, a flue connecting said exhauster and said painting chambers, and separate dampers for opening or closing communication between said chambers and said flue.

In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a tubular member having opposite open ends, an interior wall dividing said member into separate painting chambers, and separate drains from said chambers.

4:. In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a horizontall mounted tubular member, an interior wal dividing said member into separate painting chambers, an exhauster removed from said member, a horizontal flue leading to said exhauster, and a vertical flue connecting said first-mentioned. flue with said member.

5. In apparatus of the character described, in combination, a horizontally mounted tubular member having opposite open ends, and an interior Wall dividing said member into separate painting chambers, the ends of said member at one side being cut away for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES S. ASH,

VVit-nesses L. H. WAnoN, M. A. CASIEHN. 

